On 10.06.20 09:51, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> Commit 7d2ef6dcc1cf ("hmp: Simplify qom-set") switched to the json
> parser, making it possible to specify complex types. However, with this
> change it is no longer possible to specify proper sizes (e.g., 2G, 128M),
> turning the interface harder to use for properties that consume sizes.
>
> Let's switch back to the previous handling and allow to specify passing
> json via the "-j" parameter.
>
> Cc: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <phi...@redhat.com>
> Cc: Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com>
> Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilb...@redhat.com>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com>
> Cc: "Daniel P. Berrangé" <berra...@redhat.com>
> Cc: Eduardo Habkost <ehabk...@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <da...@redhat.com>
> ---
> v1 - v2:
> - keep the "value:S" as correctly noted by Paolo :)
> ---
> hmp-commands.hx | 7 ++++---
> qom/qom-hmp-cmds.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
> 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
> index 28256209b5..5d12fbeebe 100644
> --- a/hmp-commands.hx
> +++ b/hmp-commands.hx
> @@ -1806,9 +1806,10 @@ ERST
>
> {
> .name = "qom-set",
> - .args_type = "path:s,property:s,value:S",
> - .params = "path property value",
> - .help = "set QOM property",
> + .args_type = "json:-j,path:s,property:s,value:S",
> + .params = "[-j] path property value",
> + .help = "set QOM property.\n\t\t\t"
> + "-j: the property is specified in json format.",
Stupid mistake:
"-j: the value is specified in json format
--
Thanks,
David / dhildenb
